Gawain 0 #1 May 20, 2007 What a week!! So, here's the breakdown of the past week's worth of jumping: FIRST cutaway FIRST ride on a Fury 220 (reserve canopy) FIRST jump out of a C-47 (aka DC-3) FIRST jump out of a CH-47 Chinook FIRST jump over Campbell Army Airfield as a DZ FIRST open field DEMO jump I read this as five cases of beer, and a bottle for the rigger(s) involved with saving my @ss with the reserve ride. So, aside from some jealousy you may feel, remember, this is for prosperity, your beer tabulation is important to me. As for the cutaway, it was a normal feeling opening, but two lines snapped (a and b sets from the inside of cells one and two). Fortunately it was a StarTrac 2, and I was at 2000 feet, so I didn't have to use super-speed emergency procedures. We've got the canopy hanging in our rigging bay, we're looking at it. So far, we're perplexed, but all-in-all, not too worried, as everything else worked (I also had a stellar landing under the reserve). Anyway, back to the beer... So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #2 May 20, 2007 I'd say 6...FIRST time someone volunteered to buy beer! Congrats on the Demo! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #3 May 20, 2007 Quote I'd say 6...FIRST time someone volunteered to buy beer! Congrats on the Demo! Who said anything about volunteering anything? So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #4 May 20, 2007 Just pick up a keg. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #5 May 20, 2007 You still owe beer for getting blown up!WTG Max!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #6 May 20, 2007 Quote Just pick up a keg. Oh, just for you, I left out the press element... So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #7 May 20, 2007 Keep in mind the bottle of Single Malt will cost as much as five cases of beer. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #8 May 20, 2007 Quote Keep in mind the bottle of Single Malt will cost as much as five cases of beer. So, basically, I could get a six-pack of 40s? So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #9 May 20, 2007 Quote Quote Keep in mind the bottle of Single Malt will cost as much as five cases of beer. So, basically, I could get a six-pack of 40s? Ummmm, No. But, the above statement does prove you are indeed at Ft. Campbell. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #10 May 20, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Keep in mind the bottle of Single Malt will cost as much as five cases of beer. So, basically, I could get a six-pack of 40s? Ummmm, No. But, the above statement does prove you are indeed a Ft. Campbell. Well, when/if I do go, it will be my FIRST time in the Class Six there...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #11 May 21, 2007 Hey, after all of this I think we owe YOU beer! Hope to see you soon so I can buy you one, or six.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #12 May 21, 2007 2 riggers packed your rig. First time the Rig had a cut away, first time my (now your)canopy ever behaved badly. Oh hell its 5 and 2 bottles. You did good this week, way to go. MatAn Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 1 #13 May 22, 2007 Just remember you'll owe beer the next time you jump there... first time jumping there with a day without use of the reserve Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #14 May 23, 2007 Is this gonna be the perpetual "Max owes Beer" thread? If so add 1 more. And oops I did mess up the 2 bottles comment. Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #15 May 23, 2007 Quote Is this gonna be the perpetual "Max owes Beer" thread? If so add 1 more. And oops I did mess up the 2 bottles comment. Matt Oh, and we'll just add the "first tandem" too, helping Vern get his TI. OH!! And HOLY SH*T PEOPLE: If you've never done a tandem, and you choose to do one after several hundred jumps by yourself (I started AFF)...be prepared to be freaked!! WHOA!!! When that trap door hits...and you know you're not wearing a rig!! So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #16 May 23, 2007 Quote be prepared to be freaked!! WHOA!!! When that trap door hits...and you know you're not wearing a rig!! The "pucker factor" climbed abruptly, did it? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 1 #17 May 23, 2007 Quote Quote be prepared to be freaked!! WHOA!!! When that trap door hits...and you know you're not wearing a rig!! The "pucker factor" climbed abruptly, did it? Watertight?Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #18 May 23, 2007 Quote Quote Quote be prepared to be freaked!! WHOA!!! When that trap door hits...and you know you're not wearing a rig!! The "pucker factor" climbed abruptly, did it? Watertight? From the way he describes it (I'm tandem-free), sounds like he coulda spit a grape seed 50 yards... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 1 #19 May 23, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Quote be prepared to be freaked!! WHOA!!! When that trap door hits...and you know you're not wearing a rig!! The "pucker factor" climbed abruptly, did it? Watertight? From the way he describes it (I'm tandem-free), sounds like he coulda spit a grape seed 50 yards... How's his accuracy?Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #20 May 23, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote be prepared to be freaked!! WHOA!!! When that trap door hits...and you know you're not wearing a rig!! The "pucker factor" climbed abruptly, did it? Watertight? From the way he describes it (I'm tandem-free), sounds like he coulda spit a grape seed 50 yards... How's his accuracy? Good question... Max?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #21 June 7, 2007 Quote Is this gonna be the perpetual "Max owes Beer" thread? If so add 1 more. And oops I did mess up the 2 bottles comment. Matt Not anymore... So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #22 June 8, 2007 Quote What a week!! So, here's the breakdown of the past week's worth of jumping: FIRST cutaway FIRST ride on a Fury 220 (reserve canopy) FIRST jump out of a C-47 (aka DC-3) FIRST jump out of a CH-47 Chinook FIRST jump over Campbell Army Airfield as a DZ FIRST open field DEMO jump I read this as five cases of beer, and a bottle for the rigger(s) involved with saving my @ss with the reserve ride. .. If any of those happened to gether on one jumpo it's only one beer infringment, does that change your calcs?You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #23 June 8, 2007 All I know is I had his reserve packed for 3 days before he decided to make me re-do it!Matt An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #24 June 8, 2007 Quote All I know is I had his reserve packed for 3 days before he decided to make me re-do it!Matt What an opening too (not the reserve, but that funky main... ) Yeah but the rig was out of commission for 3 weeks...you got paid...handsomely too... Figure that bottle will be gone by the weekend's end eh? So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #25 June 8, 2007 Oh no the bottle will last a little I do have to jump with you tomorrow. And Kelli's Party Tonight I have to be on my toes for that. MattAn Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
